01697nam a22002297a 450000500170000000800410001702000150005804000090007304100080008208200210009010000170011124500330012826000340016130000250019536500280022052011290024865000110137765000190138865000250140765000160143270000190144820220423114220.0220423b           ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a4925080377  cAloy  aeng  223a170.44bNITB  aInazo Nitobe  aBushido: bThe soul of Japan  aNew YorkbICG Muse Inc.c2001  a189 p.bPBc18x11 cm  2Ethicsb12.95c$d12.95  aBushido, The Soul of Japan is, along with the classic text Hagakure by Tsunetomo Yamamoto, a study of the way of the samurai. A best-seller in its day, it was read by many influential foreigners, among them President Theodore Roosevelt, President John F. Kennedy and Robert Baden-Powell. It may well have shaped Baden-Powell's ideas on the Boy Scout movement he founded. As Japan underwent deep transformations of its traditional lifestyle while forging into a modern nation, Nitobe engaged in an inquiry into the ethos of his nation, and the result of his meditations was this seminal work. A fine stylist in English, he wrote many books in that language, which earned him a place among the best known Japanese writers of his age. He found in Bushido, the Way of the Warrior, the sources of the virtues most admired by his people: rectitude, courage, benevolence, politeness, sincerity, honor, loyalty and self-control. His approach to his task was eclectic and far-reaching. Nitobe Inazō was a Japanese agricultural economist, author, educator, diplomat, politician, and Christian during Meiji and Taishō period Japan.  aEthics  aEthical System  aRectitude or Justice  aBenevolence  aNITOBE (Inazo)